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They were in the country illegally, which makes them criminals anyway. Even though they may not have been charged with a crime, the underlying crime is sneaking in to the country.

Federal Jury: Detention Center Owners Owe $17.3M to Detainee Laborers

Florida-based GEO Group, the owners of a for-profit immigrant detention center in Tacoma, Washington, owes $17.3 million in back pay to detainee workers who were being paid $1 a day for work they were doing rather than the state's minimum wage, a federal jury has determined. 

https://www.newsmax.com/us/federal-court...I2HxEFJ-SA

(11-01-2021, 12:09 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]They were in the country illegally, which makes them criminals anyway. Even though they may not have been charged with a crime, the underlying crime is sneaking in to the country.

Federal Jury: Detention Center Owners Owe $17.3M to Detainee Laborers

Florida-based GEO Group, the owners of a for-profit immigrant detention center in Tacoma, Washington, owes $17.3 million in back pay to detainee workers who were being paid $1 a day for work they were doing rather than the state's minimum wage, a federal jury has determined. 

https://www.newsmax.com/us/federal-court...I2HxEFJ-SA

Sounds like they hadn't been convicted yet.
You can't be forced to labor in the US unless you are duly convicted of a crime.